[Dane]

Do you mean I'm supporting it by being against outsourcing?

Yes. The French and German economies have, IIRC, half the growth rate of the US economy, and that can be related back to their restrictive and more protectionist economic model that you preach.

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

The French and German economies are stagnating because they are supporting unsustainable welfare states.

Even if they did away with every import tax and tariff the structural problems plaguing their economies, e.g. a dissipating birth rate and increased costs from pensioners, organized labor's veto power over any economic reforms, inflexible work rules, etc., would still exist.

[ScreamingFist]

The French and German economies have, IIRC, half the growth rate of the US economy, and that can be related back to their restrictive and more protectionist economic model that you preach.

Dane. I'm not preaching anything. I believe American kids can dig ditches just as good as illegals from the South...for $10 an hour. I also believe that outsourcing or importing engineering jobs, when we have hundreds of universities producing thousands of graduates is just plain silly. I understand that this is a race to export jobs to the lowest bidder, but there comes a time when you have to ask yourself if you want to live in Mexico or America.....

[hedgetrimmer]

half the growth rate of the US economy, and that can be related back to their restrictive and more protectionist economic model that you preach.

Au contraire Dane. It is they who have opened their economy up through "free trade" through the EU, then the WTO. Their economy is suffering from "free trade".